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Common Names
Black Cumin; Roman Coriander; Fennel-Flower; Nutmeg-Flower; Black Caraway
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | 244600.0 | 262400.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 22464.0 | 50523.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | 120000.0 | 171200.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | 2000.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 16850.0 | 21560.0 | 1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | not available | 5100.0 | 0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | not available | 5820.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 11350.0 | 14520.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 210000.0 | 271900.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Seed | not available | 440.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-(6-FERULOYL-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,2)-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 240.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-O-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 1380.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Seed | not available | 200.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 4210.0 | 5385.0 | -0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | not available | 980.0 | 0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 8722.0 | 10192.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | 18100.0 | 60400.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTANOL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Gastroirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 1 | Korhammer, S.A. and Haslinger, E. 1994. Isolation of a Biologically Active Substance from Rhizomes of Quackgrass [Elymus repens (L.) Gould]. J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 2048-2050. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 2 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypoglycemic | 4 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |